Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Monday held Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik answerable to the violence unleashed against students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University by a masked mob yesterday evening.
Speaking to the media, Chidambaram said Patnaik and Home Minister Amit Shah should explain to the people and the injured students how such a mob was allowed to roam free and unfettered in the university campus, attacking people at will and in a targeted fashion. He demanded the culprits should be identified as soon as possible. They should be arrested and justice must be given to the students injured in the melee.
Along with this, the former home minister described the JNU violence as a descent into fascism and said there surely were intelligence inputs on Sunday’s attacks. Chidambaram questioned why the Delhi Police commissioner didn’t reach the campus despite TV channels covering the attacks on the students.
This is the gravest act of impunity that we have seen in recent times. Nothing can be more shocking and shameful: Shri @PChidambaram_IN #ChhatraVirodhiBJP pic.twitter.com/m6dv7CzuXX
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 6, 2020
Home Minister Amit Shah has since called for a meeting with JNU students via the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. Police have lodged a case against unnamed people for the wanton destruction.
The incident took place under the watch of JNU administration and also Delhi Police that is under the control of Home Minister Amit Shah. They went from hostel to hostel and beat up students calling them anti nationals and urban naxals: @rssurjewala#ChhatraVirodhiBJP pic.twitter.com/8NEaXxc5kU
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 6, 2020
In the press conference, Chidambaram said the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was a sinister and mischievous plan to divide the country. He denied that the National Population Register 2010 had anything to do with the NPR 2020 put forward by the NDA government. Several BJP leaders have been trying to assuage the people that their NPR 2020 is a continuation of the Congress’ NPR in 2010. Not many have been convinced though.
Earlier on Saturday, Chidambaram had said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre is taking all the wrong steps to boost the growth of India and doesn’t have any clue on how to tackle problems facing the country.
जब नाश मनुज पर छाता है,
पहले विवेक मर जाता है।दुर्योधन के लिए कही गई राष्ट्रकवि दिनकर जी की ये पंक्तियाँ आज भाजपाई सत्ता पर फिट बैठती है। विवेकहीन भाजपा सरकार दमन का जो हथकंडा अपना रही है, वही इनके विनाश का कारण बनेगा, क्योंकि लोकतंत्र में दमन की जगह नहीं है।#ChhatraVirodhiBJP pic.twitter.com/wP90cHHcrC
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 6, 2020
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